Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
To verify that the motherboard works as advertised, the board was run through our standard benchmark suite. In most cases, the results are presented for the motherboard under review as well as a different similar-class motherboard for performance comparison purposes. The benchmark tests used should give you a good understanding of the board’s capabilities for both office and gaming use so that you, the reader, can make a more informed purchasing decision.
| Test System Setup | |
| Motherboards | Intel X99-based systems GIGABYTE X99-Gaming 5P GIGABYTE X99 Gaming G1 ASUS X99-Deluxe EVGA X99 Classified Intel Z97-based system ASUS Maximus VII Formula |
| CPU | Intel X99-based systems Intel Core i7-5960X (3.0GHz, 30 x 100MHz Base Clock) Intel Z97-based system Intel Core i7-4770K (3.5GHz, 35 x 100MHz Base Clock) |
| Memory | Intel X99-based systems Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 modules (2133MHz, 15-17-17-35-1T, 1.225V) Intel Z97-based system Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 modules (1600MHz, 9-10-9-27-1T, 1.525V) |
| Hard Drive | Intel 730 EVO 240GB SSD Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA III HD |
| Sound Card | On-board sound |
| Video Card | ASUS Poseidon GTX 780 3GB |
| CPU Cooling | XSPC Raystorm D5 Photon RX480 V3 WaterCooling Kit Corsair Hydro Series™ H100i Extreme Performance CPU Cooler |
| Video Drivers | NVIDIA 335.23 |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX750 |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
Test Setup Explanation
The 64-bit Windows 7 based test bench used for Intel X99 LGA2011-V3 board testing includes an Intel Core i7-5960X CPU, 32GB of DDR4-2666 memory, an ASUS Poseidon GTX 780 3GB video card, and an Intel 730 240GB SSD drive. For the Z97-based board testing, an Intel Core i7-4770K CPU, 16GB of DDR3-2400 memory, an ASUS Poseidon GTX 780 3GB video card, and a Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD drive were used in the test system. Using the selected components gives us the ability to demonstrate the motherboard's capabilities rather than that of the components themselves.
Benchmark Tests used for evaluation:
- SoftPerfect Research NetWorx Speed Test
- LanBench v1.1.0
- ATTO Disk Benchmark v2.47
- SiSoft Sandra 2014 SP3
- LinX Intel Linpack Benchmark v0.6.5 with Intel Linpack version 11.1.3
- Maxon Cinebench R15
Great Review Morry, I like
Great Review Morry, I like all the features that GIGABYTE has laid into this sucker. Support for 128 gigs is awesome. I really wish Asus would have had more x99 boards with this support, especially for the prices you pay on this platform.
I am hoping you guys can do some reviews on the lower end X99 Boards. MSI X99 SLI plus and some other boards have been dropping in price like rocks sometimes way below 200 bones!!
Awesome review, but I was
Awesome review, but I was never into the whole “gamerish aesthetics”.
Sir Morry, could you please review the ASUS X99-E WS MOBO, I read several reviews, but IDK, somehow your reviews is just complete or perfect, IDK.
I once chatted with Josh to ask him to inform you and the PCper team, but you guys are probably playing with the “unreleased” 390x 🙂
but seriously, Could you please do review it, at least for the sake of this kitties
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I’ve been in contact with
I've been in contact with ASUS, we should be getting something from them "soon". You'll likley see a review up on it in the July timeframe (maybe)…
Thank you very much sir, July
Thank you very much sir, July is actually perfect since it’s the time I’ll be ordering my parts. Also, I know I’m asking too much but reading through the “[Official] ASUS X99-E WS Owner’s thread”, I found out that some xeon cpu’s are unlocked, if you could also investigate such a phenomenon, I’ll be more than grateful.
Thank you, again. 🙂